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Estimated declaration times for May 2 local, mayoral and police elections

The final result is expected on the afternoon of Sunday May 5.

The results of the local elections on May 2 will be declared over several days (Peter Byrne)
The results of the local elections on May 2 will be declared over several days (Peter Byrne) (Peter Byrne/PA)

Here is a list of the estimated declaration times for the local, mayoral and police & crime commissioner elections that are taking place in England and Wales on May 2.

The results of these elections are being declared over several days, starting on the night of Thursday May 2 and ending on Sunday May 5.

There are 107 councils holding elections in England, with around a third (34) currently expected to declare on the night of May 2, nearly two-thirds (68) expected to declare during the day on May 3, with four due on May 4 and one on May 5.

No mayoral results will be declared on the night of May 2.

The results of four of the 11 mayoral contests (East Midlands, North East, Tees Valley and York & North Yorkshire) will be declared during the day on May 3, while the rest – including London and the West Midlands – will be declared on May 4.

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Of the results for the 37 police & crime commissioner elections across England and Wales, three will be declared on the night of May 2, 24 will be declared during the day on May 3, eight will be declared on May 4 and two will be declared on May 5.

Results of the London Assembly election will be declared on the afternoon of May 4, but exact timings for all the constituencies are currently unavailable.

The list is organised chronologically and is divided into four sections: overnight Thursday May 2 into Friday May 3; Friday May 3 daytime/evening; Saturday May 4; and Sunday May 5.

Within each section, the declaration times are broken down into the categories of councils, mayors and police & crime commissioners.

All timings are estimates based on information compiled by the PA news agency and are subject to change.

1. Overnight Thursday May 2 into Friday May 3

Councils:

– 1.30am May 3


Hartlepool, Rochford, Sunderland

– 2am


Bolton, Gosport, Ipswich, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East Lincolnshire, South Tyneside, Wigan

– 2.30am


Chorley, Eastleigh, Fareham, Hart, Oldham, Portsmouth, Rushmoor, Southend-on-Sea

– 2.45am


Exeter

– 3am


Kingston-upon-Hull, Lincoln, Sefton, Tameside, Thurrock

– 3.15am


Reading

– 3.30am


Colchester, Gateshead, Harlow, Redditch, Stockport

– 4am


Peterborough, Plymouth

– 4.30am


Southampton

– 8.30am


Winchester

Police & crime commissioners:

– 1.30am


Cumbria

– 2.30am


Avon & Somerset

– 3am


Lincolnshire

2. Friday May 3 daytime/evening

Councils:

– 12pm


Blackburn with Darwen, Walsall

– 12.30pm


Broxbourne, Havant

– 1pm


Cannock Chase, Castle Point, Manchester, Preston, Watford, Welwyn Hatfield

– 1.30pm


Burnley, Sheffield, West Oxfordshire

– 2pm


Basildon, Brentwood, Hyndburn, Knowsley, Nuneaton & Bedworth, Rossendale

– 2.30pm


Crawley, Rochdale, Solihull

– 3pm


Barnsley, Hastings, Kirklees, Maidstone, Three Rivers

– 3.30pm


Halton, Milton Keynes, Sandwell, Trafford

– 4pm


Adur, Bury, Calderdale, Cheltenham, Epping Forest, Pendle, St Albans, Swindon, Tamworth, Tunbridge Wells, Woking, Wokingham

– 4.30pm


Dudley, Leeds

– 5pm


Basingstoke & Deane, Bradford, Cambridge, Coventry, Oxford, Rotherham, Runnymede, Tandridge, Worthing

– 5.30pm


Rugby, Wolverhampton, Worcester

– 5.45pm


Cherwell

– 6pm


Mole Valley, North Hertfordshire, Reigate & Banstead, Stevenage

– 6.30pm


Bristol, Elmbridge

– 7pm


Dorset, Wakefield

– 8pm


West Lancashire

– 10pm


Gloucester

Mayors:

– 12pm


North East

– 12.30pm


Tees Valley

– 2pm


East Midlands

– 3pm


York & North Yorkshire

Police & crime commissioners:

– 1pm


Gwent, North Wales, Nottinghamshire

– 1.30pm


Humberside

– 2pm


Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, Hampshire, Suffolk

– 3pm


Bedfordshire, Dyfed-Powys, Norfolk, Surrey

– 3.30pm


Leicestershire

– 4pm


Essex, Lancashire, Northamptonshire, South Wales, Staffordshire

– 4.30pm


Northumbria

– 5pm


Cleveland, Devon & Cornwall, Durham, Gloucestershire

– 6pm


Derbyshire, West Mercia

3. Saturday May 4

Councils:

– 3pm


Norwich

– 4pm


North Tyneside, Stroud, Warrington

Mayors:

– 12pm


Liverpool City Region

– 1.30pm


London


(Note: the local constituency results of the London mayoral election will be declared first, at each of the 14 counts across the capital. A formal announcement of the overall result will be made at City Hall later in the day. 1.30pm is an estimate of when the overall result is likely to have become clear from the constituency results, and is not an estimate of the time of the formal announcement at City Hall)

– 2pm


South Yorkshire

– 3pm


West Midlands

– 3.15pm


West Yorkshire

– 4pm


Greater Manchester

– 7pm


Salford

Police & crime commissioners:

– 1pm


Hertfordshire

– 2pm


Thames Valley

– 2.30pm


Warwickshire, West Midlands

– 3pm


Cheshire, Dorset

– 3.30pm


Merseyside

– 4pm


Wiltshire

4. Sunday May 5

Councils:

– 5pm


Salford

Police & crime commissioners:

– 3pm


Kent

– 3.30pm


Sussex